Elisabeth Borne brings together the government to distribute the “roadmaps”
From 8:30 a.m. this morning, the Prime Minister is meeting the government at Matignon to “define the roadmaps of the various ministers and share the government method”. Elisabeth Borne thus intends to advance on the priorities set by the President, Emmanuel Macron, during the first Council of Ministers on Monday, despite the reserve period before the legislative elections of June 12 and 19 and the Ascension Bridge. On Monday, the Head of State recalled the four “priorities” of the government which are education, health, ecology, and “emergency” purchasing power.
This meeting convened this morning is held as the rape charges against the new minister Damien Abad, revealed on Sunday, sealed the beginnings of the new government, two days after his appointment. The new team also seemed to fluctuate on the arrival of the package of measures to deal with inflation, while the subject of purchasing power is the crux of the legislative elections on June 12 and 19.
The government, through its spokesperson, Olivia Grégoire, put forward on Monday the idea of a “first bill (…) adopted by the Council of Ministers before the legislative elections”. A calendar on which it was necessary to backpedal and provide details. In the end, it will be two bills – one on the measures, the other on their financing – which will be presented after the legislative elections, the executive confining itself to a simple « communication » in the Council of Ministers ahead of the ballot.
Elisabeth Borne has already received in bilateral meetings all the social partners, including the boss of the French and Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT), Laurent Berger, on Tuesday, while the unions are upwind against the pension reform wanted by Mr. Macron .